At 5:12pm- fourteen (14) KC-MO Fire companies were sent on a "high-rise response" to the KCP&L's Hawthorne power plant at 8400 Hawthorne Road in the East Bottoms.
The plant is northeast of the I-435 & Front Street intersection.
Firefighters arrived and waited- only to find out at 5:22pm the fire is at the Bayer plant next door.
Chief 104 reports "smoke and fire showing" at the Bayer plant a minute later. The Bayer plant contains many chemicals.
At 5:24pm- a 2nd-alarm was requested and seven (7) more fire companies were sent- more than half of the KC-MO Fire Dept. companies in the city..
More as received...
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UPDATE - 1943 CST - This fire- which was reported by the KC-MO FD as being a solvent used in making herbicides- was declared under control about 6:15pm.
The fire was in a tower-like structure that contained piping carrying the burning agent. Firefighting foam was applied to the fire via flypipe from a ladder truck. The Southern Platte Fire Protection District (Parkville) assisted with their foam unit.
No damage estimates were yet available and there were no reported injuries.
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1 comment:
It was described by the KCFD people as "Methyl Ketone". That's not the name of any particular chemical, as the proper name MIGHT be methyl ethyl keytone. However, methyl ketone could refer to any number of intermediates and solvents. Needless to say, it's probably some bad shit.
Firefighters were instructed to stay well clear of any run off.
MAST had a supervisor and two standby units, but one of them cleared after about 30 minutes. I think it sounds worse than it really was.
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